My weight came off slowly but my mind set was that I give myself permission to be happy and healthy. . . one baby step at a time. I had lost weight before and it came off fast but didn’t stay off. So this time, with a lifestyle and spiritual change, it came off slowly and it stayed off for good.
Let’s switch gears for a moment but stay with the idea of permission. For the human being, there is a phenomenon of “Can’t Have/Must Have”. That’s why diets fail. They are unsustainable. In other words, if I say I can’t have something, then my brain will fight to have it on a subconscious level. So with food, there are no foods I can’t have. But there are whole boatloads and types of foods, I choose not to have. I give myself permission to be in a healthy body, to look good, to feel good and to treat myself well. I give myself permission
to let go, permission to be free and to live a fully empowered life. You know the individual permission you need, be willing to give it to yourself. Say it out loud or in your meditation.